The fierce battle continued, and as time passed, Wicks' sword wounds increased and became more terrifying.
The recovery ability of an ordinary Zoan-type Devil Fruit was simply unable to recover from such terrifying injuries in a short time.
What's more, on top of those sword wounds, Nox's sword qi and Busoshoku Haki remained, and these two forces were preventing Wicks' wounds from healing.
If Nox's sword qi was strong enough, it could even leave eternal scars on a strong person's body. Even if the wound healed, it would leave an indelible scar.
Just like Kozuki Oden's slashes in the original work, which left two permanent scars on Kaido.
"Zoan-type Devil Fruit users are tough to cut, but it's almost over now!"
After the battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, Nox suddenly made an upward slash, directly sending Wicks flying into the sky.
Wicks, who couldn't use Moonwalk, had his safety greatly reduced after his feet left the ground, and a look of panic appeared on his face.
At the beginning, Nox almost cut off one of his feet while he was still in the air, which left him with lingering fear.
Now, he didn't expect to be sent flying into the sky again. At this moment, he deeply regretted why he hadn't learned Moonwalk from the Rokushiki.
Nox, with his feet on the ground, put his sword back into its sheath, holding the hilt, and stared intently at Wicks falling from the air.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I can surrender to you and acknowledge you as my Captain!"
The moment he was slashed into the sky, Wicks felt a sense of his life being out of his control.
Coupled with Nox below, staring like a tiger, it was clear he was brewing some powerful sword move.
For the sake of his own life, Wicks decisively surrendered, only hoping to save his life.
Furthermore, the other party was a man with Haoshoku Haki, and his strength was greater than his. Surrendering to him was not shameful.
"I don't need your surrender. I will invite and recruit my future crew members myself. You should go to hell."
Nox was unmoved by Wicks' plea for mercy.
During the battle, Nox had already understood Wicks' character, a white-eyed wolf who could betray at any time.
He would not let the other party board the ship. It was safer to just kill this ticking time bomb.
"Limitless - Sky Breaking Sword Draw"
"Clang!!!!"
A crisp sound of a sword being drawn rang out, and a dense sword qi attached to the sword body. In an instant, a massive hundred-meter-long slash was unleashed by Nox.
The slash rushed towards the sky with lightning speed, tearing through the air's restraint and reaching the speed of sound. The slash was so powerful that it could even tear through the sky.
Even the sky let out a mournful cry because it couldn't withstand the explosion of the slash.
Wicks looked at the massive slash coming through the air, and a sense of déjà vu of death rose in his heart.
"Unmatched Leopard Claw!!"
Under the threat of death, Wicks unleashed his most powerful strength, and a pair of black Leopard Claws grabbed towards the powerful slash coming at him.
He wanted to block it, or use the power of the slash to move his body away, thereby avoiding the damage of the slash.
However, the speed of the Limitless - Sky Breaking Sword Draw's slash was extremely fast, so fast that Wicks' Leopard Claws could only barely track its trajectory, and there was no other power to dodge it.
"Hiss hiss!!!"
Wicks' scarred Leopard Claws were unable to block the slash of the Limitless - Sky Breaking Sword Draw. After his claws were directly severed by the powerful slash, it also took off Wicks' head.
"Bang!!!!"
Wicks' body and head fell to the ground, his eyes wide open in death, staring fixedly at Nox. The extreme unwillingness in his heart was fully displayed in his eyes.
"Your Busoshoku Haki is stronger than Jesno's, and you have an Zoan-type Devil Fruit, but your body art is not good, and you can't utilize your body's advantages. Otherwise, I couldn't have won against you so easily."
Nox looked at Wicks' unwilling eyes, and regardless of his death, he was willing to say a word to him, explaining where his shortcomings were, although he could no longer hear him.
Others say that villains die from talking too much, but for those who have already died, Nox felt that saying a little more was fine.
Anyway, the other party was already dead. It was impossible for him to be resurrected after death, take his words as experience and lessons, become stronger, and then defeat Nox.
"Everyone come down and clean up the battlefield. Finish off all those Pirates, and gather all the supplies onto the ship."
After Nox sheathed his sword, he said to the crew members on the ship.
"Yes, Senior Brother!!"
Seeing Nox kill the enemy, the Senior apprentice brothers on the ship were very excited, and then quickly got off the ship to clean up the battlefield.
They were already very skilled at finishing off enemies. One stab to the throat, one stab to the heart, two stabs per person, to ensure no one escaped.
"Senior Brother, here!"
Everyone else went to clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils, only Lesley didn't go. Instead, she took out a wet towel to wipe Nox's sweat and face.
"You're thoughtful."
Nox took the towel, wiped his face, and said.
"It's what I should do."
Lesley lowered her head and said somewhat shyly. She used to do this kind of thing often on Asattava Island.
She never had that feeling before, but for some reason, she did now.
In the forest behind Soro Island
While Nox was fighting Wicks, a group of people wearing black suits and white masks.
From under the rock formations behind Soro Island, using ropes or Moonwalk, they arrived on Soro Island and immediately rushed towards the sparsely populated forest behind Soro Island.
"Surround the entire forest!"
Leading the group was a man wearing a Tiger Mask. With a gesture, the thirty subordinates behind him immediately began to surround the forest from all directions.
Looking at the speed of those thirty people, each of them had at least the strength of a Marineford Captain.
"Moonwalk!!"
The Tiger Mask Man stepped on Moonwalk and flew into the sky, then opened the fuse of the one-meter-high iron can behind him and threw it into the center of the forest.
"Boom!!!"
After the iron can landed in the forest, it immediately exploded. The power of the explosion was not great.
But after the explosion, a large amount of blue gas was released, rapidly spreading from the center of the forest outwards.
Inside a hidden cave in the forest, there were a large number of papers, den den mushi, and various equipment. Obviously, this was a secret base, and also an intelligence base.
There were a total of five people here, who were doing intelligence-related work. The sound of the explosion in the forest instantly pulled them out of their working state.
"Not good, our base has been discovered, leave immediately!"
Among the five, the leader was a woman wearing a fox mask.